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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY

940 AM EDT SUN JUL 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POWELL COUNTY

  LEE COUNTY

  WOLFE COUNTY

  ESTILL COUNTY



* UNTIL 200 PM EDT



* AT 928 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER 

OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR 

OVER THE AREA THAT INCLUDES STANTON...IRVINE...CAMPTON...AND 

BEATTYVILLE.

RADAR RAIN ESTIMATES INDICATE HOURLY RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH. 

THE AREA HAS RECEIVED 2 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24 

HOURS...AND THE GROUND IS SATURATED. THEREFORE...THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAIN WILL CAUSE SERIOUS RUNOFF PROBLEMS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS 

COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY 

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 

JACKSON KY.



LAT...LON 3762 8412 3751 8387 3753 8364 3771 8326

          3781 8340 3795 8385



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